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U- 19 tRev. 7-12-71) wots Law Group Ends Fes . With Friends of FBI 7 BY BRYCE NELSON. oy Times Sladé Weiter \ CHICAGO~—The Friends ° of the FBI, a group begun by actor Efrem Zimbulist Jr. and others, .no jonger enjoys the sponsorship of its parent, tax-exempt or-— ganization, according to 2 _ letter reegived by Rep. -y., Abner eMikva (DHL). £°% "He letter to Mix? written by Luis Nutiner, & hicaggrattorney who is ; chairman of the Commis- sion for International Due Process of Law, “under whose auspices’ the pro- BE group was created. have withdrawn from the -Friends of the FBI project," Kutner wrote Mikva on duly 23, Kutner was not available for com- ment Monday on the mat- , ter, , Raps Money Motive Mikva had written Kui- ner on June 25 sising that he wished to resign from the cominission. “That you should have permitted such ga wse-aikl the com- nission .. . to be prosti- tuted is indefensibie." Mik- ova wroie. .. Mikva had complained that the commission was “being used to enhance - the money-making — pro- : pensitics of Mr, Zimbalist. ' "The commission and 1 ! | Legs reed sieetl ly. Were the cause he is: using : anything other than the | FBI, I think the Internal \ Revenue Service might } i ‘Yook askance at the idea - that any of these activities’ are really entilled to the . tax-exemipt ; status that Mr. Zimbatist claims," In late July, Sen. George. 5. McGovern (D-$.D,)! wrole lo the IRS asking’: the reasons for the tax-ex- : empt stalus given-to the ; Friends of thf FBI. So far, ived no answer } RS. 8 Edwards, a Wash-' : mM publicist whot i helped organize the FBI? % sroup, stid Monday that ° "Hundreds of thousands" - of appeals signed hy Zim- i = I lh at balist for financial support.’ for the Friends of the FBI:. had been sent out, ia." wards would not comment on the commission's with’ drawal of support. Zimbalist, who plays in./ [ spector Erskine on the’ television, show The FBi,. inoted in his letter that: eontvibutions were tax-de.! tuctible "so [ ask you tot jalease be generous." i Zimbalist wrote that the’ “project was Necessary “bo. - pause of these slanted at-: s-aatks on 1_Hooy fer and the’: FP RL. a tsa ORIGINAL DOCUMENT SENT TO NATIONAL ARCHIVES (of DATE LA Seb Vis Tolson _—= Felt Sullivan 2 ss—=— Mohr Bishop Brennan, C.D. —_ Callahan —__ Casper Conrad Dalbey Gale Ponder Rosen: Tavel — _ Walters . .. Soyara . Tele. Room - Holmes The Washington Post Times Herald The Weael.ington Daily News The Evening Star (Washington) —_— The Sunday Star (Washington) Daily News (New York) Sunday News (New York) New York Post The New York Times The Daily World The New Leader : The Wall Street Journal The National Observer : Peopte’s Wortd’ Los Angels Times g Part 1 . Date Au st 10 1971 aa